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Editor’s Prologue By Miles Small, Editor- CoffeeTalk Magazine We think that this may be our most important e-zine so far.

a global village. All of us bear the responsibility to lift each

Making a Difference in the lives of others is what makes our

other out of isolation and into prosperity whether it is in a

industry’s experience rich and rewarding. In the following

retailer’s local community or across the globe.

pages are non-profit projects that have real people engaging

in real activities that benefit humanity. Some in little ways

industry circles the globe and engages in commerce with

and some in huge ways, but all in extraordinary ways.

some of the most poverty and disease plagued places on earth.

These organizations briefly describe a project and then

We go to ‘hot zones’ of war and violence. Yet, these places are

appeal for your help, through donations or time, to help

some of the most beautiful places imaginable. Often women

others. The advertising sponsors paid the expenses for these

and their families represent the only semblance of sanity and

organizations to appear in this forum and the words, with

continuity in a piece of the world that has gone mad. And

some editing, are the words of the people needing your

too often, women and their families are swept away with the

support. Some did not attract the attention of ad sponsors so

onslaught of natural and human violence leaving no trace of

we included the more worthy ones at the end of this e-zine.

civilization behind.

CoffeeTalk is happy to sponsor these organizations this year

and hope that their efforts will be rewarded with sponsors

coffee is that simple difference of knowing where the coffee

and that others will step forward for next year.

is grown, who picked it, where it was roasted, and how it was

One thing that is particularly striking about these appeals

brewed. In specialty coffee, we put a face and spirit unto each

is often how little they need, how little they ask for. How

cup we prepare. The Specialty Coffee industry personalizes

two or three thousand dollars a year can sustainably fund a

the coffee and by doing so challenges all of us to strive for

K-6 school with supplies, staff, pediatric medical care, and

continuous improvement in quality, sustainability, and social

nutrition that services hundreds of children? How a few cases

accountability.

of early reader books in Spanish can change an entire village’s

future? How supplying sanitary napkins to teenage girls can

featured here, and many others who are not, will arise and

help ensure them access to equal education opportunities?

go out to make the world a little better for their being here.

How trivially small micro-loans to women can chase away

They are courageous and intrepid, sometimes naïve and often

famine through the ‘lean months’ and empower entire

seemingly crazy, but for all that, they are humble and sincere.

communities to rise up and take control of their lives?

They have proven themselves worthy and are now asking us

to join them in saving the world. It is noble and it is right.

These projects show us that specialty coffee operates in

The reach of coffee is vast and the needs are great. Our

Here is an idea. Maybe another definition for specialty

Yet, today the women and men of these organizations

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Table of Contents and Contributors 2 Welcome

28 Songbird Foundation and CoffeeTalk Magazine – The Foot Path Initiative

3 Editor’s Prologue 6 Sponsor’s Index 8 Café Femenino – A Coffee Child’s Christmas 10 Coffee Kids – CECOCAFEN – Microcredit and Scholarship Project

30 Café Femenino – Creation of Spaces for Women Coffee Producers in Colombia 32 Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade – Fast 34 TransFair USA – Brazil Responsible Sourcing Partnership

12 El Batan Foundation 14 Grounds for Health – Sustainable Healthcare is also Good for Coffee

36 NeoSoul Trading Co – NeoSoul Story Time

16 Cup for Education

38 Fres–co System USA, Inc. – PLA Coffee Laminate

18 Grounds for Health – Project Hope

40 Global Business Brigades at UCLA – Sustainable Coffee Co–op in Honduras

20 The Coffee Quality Institute – The Q Graders

42 Rainforest Alliance – Biodiversity Conservation in Coffee: Transforming Productive Practices in the Coffee Sector by Increasing Market Demand for Certified Sustainable Coffee

22 Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired – 100% Compostable Paper Hot Cups 24 Café Femenino – Improving Family Diets and Incomes 26 Heavenly Hawaiian Farms – International Coffee Ministry

44 Café Femenino – Small Animal Breeding Program 46 Reserva Natural Privada, Finca Bohemia – Environmental Library for Children continued... © copyright CoffeeTalk magazine 2008

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48 Child Aid – FUNDIT, (Fundación para Desarrollo Integral de El Tejar) 50 Asociacion de Mujeres de Desarrollo Integral – Micro Loans to support the development of agricultural and handicrafts business for the women members of Ikk–Luna 52 Coffeelands Landmine Victims’ Trust – Sembrando Esperanza (Sowing Hope)

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60 More Than Fair – More Than Fair quality and sustainable coffees 61 Grupo Kallpasapa Ltda (Café San Alberto) – San Alberto, the coffee of the Quintuplet Selection Process 62 The Afterschool Alliance 63 Women in Coffee (WIC) – International WIC Chapter Development: Nicaragua, Guatemala and Peru

54 CareCup International 56 Libras de Amor/FUSAL – Pounds of Love/ Libras de Amor

64 Asociacion Aldea Gobal – Economic Opportunities for Rural Women in Northern Nicaragua

58 Assagay Coffee cc Trading as Zulu Brew – Zulu Brew Coffee Project

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Sponsor’s Index Company.........................................Phone.............................. Web Page.................................... Page # America’s Food Technologies, Inc./AMFOTEK.............708.532.1222..................................................http://www.amfotek.com..............................................11 Cafe de El Salvador................................................................503.2267.6600...............................................http://www.salvadorancoffees.com.........................57 Cafe Imports, LLC....................................................................800.278.5065..................................................http://www.cafeimports.com......................................15 Cimbali USA, Inc.....................................................................312.265.8100..................................................http://www.cimbali.us....................................................29 Coffee Fest................................................................................800.232.0083..................................................http://www.coffeefest.com..........................................37 Coffee Holding Company.....................................................800.458.2233..................................................http://www.coffeeholding.com...................................17 Equator Estate Coffee & Teas.............................................800.809.7687..................................................http://www.equatorcoffees.com...............................19 Everpure....................................................................................800.323.7873..................................................http://www.everpure.com............................................31 Fres-co System USA, Inc.....................................................215.721.4600..................................................http://www.fresco.com.................................................39 Garden Gourmet Fine Foods...............................................604.607.1208..................................................http://www.privatelabelsyrups.com.........................59 Global Business Brigrades at UCLA.................................uclagbb@gmail.com.................................http://www.gbbatucla.org............................................41 Heavenly Hawaiian Farms..................................................808.322.7720..................................................http://www.heavenlyhawaiian.com..........................27 illy ...............................................................................................877.455.9347..................................................http://www.illy.com.........................................................25 Java Jacket..............................................................................800.208.4128..................................................http://www.javajacket.com..........................................13 Michaelo....................................................................................800.545.2883..................................................http://www.michaelo.com............................................43 Millrock......................................................................................800.645.7625..................................................http://www.millrock.com..............................................9 Organic Products Trading Co.............................................360.573.4433..................................................http://www.optco.com...................................................45 Palazzolo’s.................................................................................800.443.5286..................................................http://www.4gelato.com...............................................47 Rovema Packaging Machines, L.P...................................770.513.9604..................................................http://www.rovema.com...............................................49 S&D Coffee Inc........................................................................800.933.2210..................................................http://www.sndcoffee.com..........................................35 Superior Imaging Group/Identabrew®..........................888.872.5620..................................................http://www.identabrew.com.......................................51 The Good Cow Company.....................................................208.884.8654..................................................http://www.goodcow.com...........................................53 Theta Ridge Coffee.................................................................800.745.8738..................................................http://www.thetaridgecoffee.com.............................55 Torn Ranch................................................................................800.721.1688..................................................http://www.tornranch.com..........................................23 Vita-Mix Corporation.............................................................800.437.4654..................................................http://www.vitamix.com/foodservice.......................21 Wega USA................................................................................336.662.0766..................................................http://www.wegausa.com...........................................33 Wilbur Curtis.............................................................................800.421.6150..................................................http://www.wilburcurtis.com......................................7

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Café Femenino Foundation A Coffee Child’s Christmas

Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Marilyn Dryke marilyn@cafefemeninofounation.org 800-791-1181 www.coffeecan.org & www.cafefemeninofoundation.org A Coffee Childs Christmas North Oriente Region, Peru

he Coffee Child’s Christmas is a program developed by the Café Femenino Foundation to bring Christmas to coffee communities through out Northern Peru. It brings Christmas joy to over 50 small remote communities where Christmas is the most important time of year. These children who live in extreme poverty never see the joy of a gift or special holiday food. For the past four years the Café Femenino Foundation has worked to raise funds that will provide one toy for children under 10 in the poorest communities. This past year over 1200 children received a toy. The program also provides hot chocolate and panettone bread (Christmas bread) to over 2600 children. Not only does this simple offering bring smiles to the Children it is a wonderful gift to the parents of these children to be able to see the smiles and joy it brings to their little children. The toys and supplies are purchased and distributed through coffee cooperative channels with the help of a local NGO in the central city of Chiclayo, Peru in Northern Peru. The families of children that have been beneficiaries of this program in the past have expressed to the foundation what a wonderful gift this is and how it brings so much joy. They have begged the foundation each year to please continue this wonderful program. The foundation needs a minimum of $3500.00 this year for the continuation of the Coffee Child’s Christmas program. Any additional funds raised allow the foundation to expand the program to the young children of other countries and poor communities. The direct beneficiaries of this program are young

children of poor coffee families that live in 50 remote rural communities in the departments of Lambayaque, Cajamarca, Amazones, and San Martin which are all located in the North Oriente region of Peru. The children recieving a gift will be from the very poorest families and will be under the age of 10 years old. The minimum amount needed in order to continue this program each year is $3500.00. The coffee cooperatives themselves are able to make the purchases in country to support this program and to distribute the supplies and toys. So it is only the funds to purchase the gifts and hot chocolate and bread that is needed for this project.

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Coffee Kids

CECOCAFEN - Microcredit and Scholarship Project

Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Carolyn Fairman info@coffeekids.org 505 820-1443 http://www.coffeekids.org/aboutus/programs/#cecocafen CECOCAFEN - Microcredit and Scholarship Project Nicaragua

ECOCAFEN is working with Coffee Kids on

CECOCAFEN is an association of coffee cooperatives

two projects. The Groups of Women Saving in

representing more than 2,000 farmers in the areas of Matagalpa,

Solidarity (GMAS) project supports microcredit

Jinotega and Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua. The country of

and savings groups for women. The GMAS program is unique

Nicaragua is one of the most impoverished in Central

for its emphasis on financial literacy and savings accounts.

America. There are few employment opportunities outside

Participants have access to small low-interest loans, which they

of coffee and few children have the chance to continue their

invest in small businesses,

education beyond a basic

thus helping to diversify

level.

and

strengthen

the

local

economy.

The

problems by operating

income generated from

a microcredit program

the businesses not only

primarily

supplements

women

family

CECOCAFEN

addressing

directed and

incomes but also builds

scholarships

the collective savings

students.

fund.

CECOCAFEN’s

these

offering to

local

Coffee Kids

Rural Education Project

provides financial and

provides

logistical support for our

scholarships

to high school, vocational and university students. These

partners who run programs in the communities where they are

scholarships make it possible for children from poor coffee-

based. We rely on cash donations to help our partners.

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El Batan Foundation Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Robert Barker barker.robert@att.net 650 568 9511 http://www.sacredsites.com/americas/colombia/san_augustin.html El Batan Foundation San Agustin, Colombia

acienda El Batan is a three hundred year old homestead in San Agustin, Colombia. It is a National Historic Landmark of heritage architecture located in the Northern Andes of South America. Finca El Batan is one of the earliest coffee farms in southern Colombia although it is better known for its museum and library. The focus of the Fundacion El Batan has been to document the prehistoric culture that flourished in this remote highland valley some three thousand years ago. With the help of professional archaeologists, preservation and cataloging of hundreds of priceless artifacts have been performed at the highest academic level. All pieces are registered with the Colombian National Museum and the National University Department of Archaeology. The museum holdings of about seven hundred pieces span the several classical periods of continuous habitation that was partly contemporary with the great cultures of Mesoamerica and the Incas. For reasons yet unknown, the San Agustin culture was in decline by the time of the Spanish Conquest. The name, “Finca El Batan” translates to “Farm of the Grinding Stone.” Batan is an archaic Spanish name for the familiar hollowed out stones used by Native Americans to grind maize and other foodstuffs. In Central America the term “matate” is more commonly used today. Many of these stones were found while cultivating the land. When the ancients relocated around the valley over the centuries, they left their heavy grinding stones and made new ones at their new village sites. The museum collection of these stones now numbers seventyfive. In 1980 after a five-year restoration of the hacienda was completed, the curators of Museo El Batan were appalled by the wholesale disappearance of cultural treasure and began collecting important pieces to prevent their loss by sales to tourists. Today the museum occupies half the hacienda. In 1995 the valley was recognized by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site. Pueblo San Agustin is a community of some thirty thousand people that heavily depend on coffee production for income. Tourism had been a secondary source for sustainability before the insurrection by rebel forces in Colombia caused a decline in visitors. In the past, the El Batan Museum enjoyed some revenues from tourists and was partially funded by its café. The collection has been used by a number of researchers from Europe and it was a regular destination for students from Colombia’s National University. During the past decade, the

museum has been closed to tourists and researchers because of lack of funds. Education programs about the importance of preservation of the national heritage have also been necessarily discontinued. The museum and library require maintenance and attendants. Loss of a cultural heritage is tantamount to a loss of cultural identity and pride. The museum and the foundation’s educational programs were important to raising the consciousness of the value of tourism and long term devastating effect caused by the looting of tombs to sell artifacts. We trained many young students to appreciate the value of the past and some have become tourist guides. In the past, El Batan has received coffee buyers traveling to origin. Anyone interested in coffee and history is welcome at El Batan in San Agustin, Huila.

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Grounds for Health

Sustainable Healthcare Is Also Good for Coffee

Contact Name – Web Site – Project Name – Project Location –

Janice Nadworny www.groundsforhealth.org Sustainable Healthcare Is Also Good for Coffee Huatusco and other locationsMexico, Nicaragua

ustainability is a big buzzword for coffee companies these days. It reflects the industry’s commitment toward balance, continuity and long-term impact. For Grounds for Health, it drives everything we do. Because by teaching and transferring skills to coffee coop representatives and local health providers and helping them build self-sufficiency over time, we’ve also helped many of our partners develop their own sustainable cervical cancer screening and treatment programs. One partner, La Unión Regional de Pequeños Productores de Café in Huatusco, Mexico, is a great example. After eight years of working with Grounds for Health, the co-op now runs its own sustainable cervical cancer prevention program for members. In the early days of this partnership, the program was a simple one. La Union invited women from the co-op and surrounding communities to week-long cervical cancer screening and treatment campaigns, while Grounds for Health recruited teams of medical volunteers to provide high quality healthcare. Over time, the program grew as leaders from the community were recruited to serve as community health promoters. Trained by Grounds for Health, these women went into the community to seek out women at greatest risk and spread the word about the risks of cervical cancer and the importance of early detection. The co-op also created a “treatment fund,” to make sure that any woman who needed it could afford necessary follow-up. Eventually, leaders in the local health system recognized La Unión’s power to mobilize members. By using the existing cadre of La Union health promoters, local health centers brought information and new services to previously isolated populations.

Beyond the ongoing cervical cancer prevention campaigns, the co-op also partnered with the local ministry of health to expand community services to include a vaccination program and family nutrition. This concept of sustainability has resulted in a win, win, win situation, delivering positive, tangible results for all involved. Women in the co-op and Huatusco community are better connected to health resources in their own communities – resources strengthened by years of investment and partnership. The co-operative’s social programs, such as this health initiative, serve as “a value added” incentive for small growers to remain active co-op members. Coffee companies who fund this work are improving the health of women at origin, which literally translates into a more sustainable – and healthy – coffee industry. Grounds for Health’s community education component is an important link to ensuring women’s access to care. This is how we spread the word within our communities – raising awareness about the issue of cervical cancer and making sure that we recruit women at highest risk to participate in and benefit from our campaigns. Local health promoters also collaborate with the coffee co-op to provide transportation for necessary follow-up care, create reliable communication systems among medical providers and rural communities with limited technology, and offer local opportunities to discuss improved health practices for the community as a whole. As partner communities become self-sufficient over time and our role changes to an advisory one, Grounds for Health can broaden its impact by starting up new partnerships and bringing sustainable health care, including community education, to more coops and communities in need. Gifts of cash, in-kind donations, and airline miles good for travel to these sites are most needed.

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Cup for Education Cup for Education

Contact Name – Web Site – Project Name – Project Location –

Karen Gordon www.cupforeducation.org Cup for Education Coffee LandsCentral & South America

emember those back to school adventures shopping for your new loose leaf or spiral notebook, the perfect pencil case, or the coolest book covers? Well, in rural Central and Latin America, there are no pencils to put in those cases, nor books to cover. The children in these areas do not have that luxury. With our help though, they can have the materials they need to study hard, to create a better future for themselves, improve their coffees and their countries. Cup for Education founder, Karen Gordon relates, “On a trip with Women In Coffee in January 2003 I visited Nicaragua. In the mountains of Jinotega, the largest coffee growing region, we met with women and children of small farming communities who were members of cooperatives. These are groups of farmers banded together working to improve their coffee, lives, and economic futures. However, there was an important factor missing. The basic materials necessary to attend school, along with the actual schools in many of these communities. “If children are unable to attend schools in their communities, they travel to a nearby town or three hours (if they can afford to) to a larger city. There are no extras to go around, no such thing as science equipment or a library. There are no materials to take home or notebooks for homework. It has been proven time after time that education is the first thing to be sacrificed to low international coffee prices. Clearly community efforts to educate the farmers of the future need our support. How can they improve their coffees if they cannot read, write an agricultural report, study the weather or understand the fundamentals of the coffee trade? How can we ask people to diversify their farms, build strong cooperative organizations,

become self-sufficient and weather low coffee prices without basic resources for education? “In one such community in Jinotega, Nicaragua, we saw the power of the cooperative. They formerly held school in the back room of somebody’s small hut. With some extra money, they purchased a plot of land and started to build a school house. This building was halfway done when they ran out of money. “Women In Coffee, upon seeing this structure were truly inspired. Raising $500 among themselves they contributed this money to “Los Alpes” to assist in completing the structure. When I returned home to New York, I entreated the need of these people to Coffee Holding Company and we sponsored a teacher for this same farm. This extra effort allowed two additional grades to get educated within their own community. “But it didn’t stop there. At the Specialty Coffee Association convention in Boston in 2003, we brought more attention to this issue at the first ever Women In Coffee breakfast. Women from the United States and Canada gathered with women of Central and South America to discuss the obstacles preventing progress in the coffee industry. A raffle held by Coffee Holding Company raised an additional $800 for “Los Alpes” allowing them to build outhouses, chalkboards, and the beginnings of a small library. It made me realize how underappreciated education is. Perhaps we can make the world a little better with the power of the paper, pen, written word and our actions.” You can help Cup for Education with cash Donations, books, school supplies, etc. © copyright CoffeeTalk magazine 2008

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Grounds for Health Project Hope

Web Address – Phone Number for Grounds for Health – Contact at Grounds for Health – Contact email at Grounds for Health – Specific Project Name – Scope of Project –

www.groundsforhealth.org 802.241.4146 Janice Nadworny janice@groundsforhealth.org Grounds for Health’s New Partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute Two project sites: CECOCAFEN, Matagalpa, Nicaragua; the Kanyovu Coffee Cooperatives, Kigoma, Tanzania

Backed by generous support from Specialty Coffee funders ccess. When it comes to cervical cancer, access and our collaboration with two world class organizations, can make the difference between life and death. we can now greatly expand the impact of our program.” Cervical cancer is the world’s leading cause of Helen Russell, Co-founder and CEO of Equator Estate cancer mortality in women. While most women in the U.S. Coffees & Teas, agrees. “At Equator, we are concerned about enjoy access to annual Pap tests, until now this technology the lack of access to health care for women who are at the has been too complicated and expensive to be sustainable heart of coffee growing and production. In the U.S., cervical in low-resource communities. Now, Grounds for Health will cancer has become a rare disease. In poorer countries where bring a sustainable technique, designed to address this global coffee is grown, it’s a major killer of women in their prime, problem, to two new sites: CECOCAFEN in Matagalpa, and Grounds for Health’s services are urgently needed. In Nicaragua, and the Kanyovu Coffee Cooperatives in addition to funding their work, we’re actively engaging Kigoma, Tanzania. other companies to join us, because we believe this program This innovative model, endorsed by the World Health is essential for women working in coffee co-operatives. It’s Organization, is the new “Single Visit Screen & Treat” also very good news for those of us who care deeply about technique -- one that relies on visual changes indicating their well-being.” early disease presence, and allows women at risk to be The immediate beneficiaries are women working in identified and get immediate, early treatment. And, results the coffee co-operatives who receive care, as well as their rival the more expensive and complex Pap smear that has families and the co-ops, who all benefit from better health, helped reduce cervical cancer rates in western countries. intact families, and lives saved. Our training component Grounds for Health will partner with Project Hope is designed to achieve long-term and broader benefits to International in Nicaragua and the Jane Goodall Institute women living in the larger communities, as local health in Tanzania to provide training in this new technique for key care practitioners use this medical personnel, finally new approach to build a bringing this essential, lifelocally managed program saving service to women that can deliver regular in coffee-producing screening and treatment communities. to women in these areas August Burns, for cervical cancer. Executive Director of Grounds for Grounds for Health says, Health is seeking your “We’re excited about financial support to bringing this new lowcontinue these projects. tech approach to women in origin communities. Grounds for Health with our coffee partners in Nicaragua © copyright CoffeeTalk magazine 2008

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The Coffee Quality Institute The Q graders

Web Address – Phone Number for CQI– Contact at CQI – Contact email at CQI – Specific Project Name – Scope of Project –

www.coffeeinstitute.org 562.624.4190 Tracy Ging tging@coffeeinstitute.org Q Grader Program worldwide

nder the Q Grader Program, CQI is training

thousands of cuppers worldwide to better

Quality Institute relies on industry investments to conduct

identify and differentiate quality coffee. This

its important work. We are seeking cash donations and

training, and subsequent professional accreditation, is an

As a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, the Coffee

volunteers to assist with training.

important step to improving farmer income. A cupper’s evaluation of a coffee has a direct relationship to the price ultimately paid for that coffee. Teaching people how to taste not only benefits the world’s coffee producers but it provides the individual with opportunities for professional advancement. Lastly, it builds a stronger future for specialty coffee by creating an infrastructure that supports quality.

Typically, the cuppers we train are men and women

working in coffee at origin and who want to advance their skills.

About the Coffee Quality Institute

The Coffee Quality Institute is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to improving the quality of coffee and the lives of the people who produce it. CQI has successfully managed a number of development projects at coffee origin. CQI is a highly efficient organization with more than 90% of revenue going directly into programs. Its board and staff have more than 450 years of combined experience and its database of more than 400 coffee experts provide countless more. As the only organization in the world doing the work to measure quality, CQI is committed to working with industry to create marketbased approach to sustainability.

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Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired 100% Compostable Paper Hot Cups Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Doug Jacques djacques@clovernook.org 513.728.6208 www.clovernookmfg.org 100% Compostable Paper Hot Cups Cincinnati, USA

lovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired helps promote independence and foster the highest quality of life for people with visual impairments, including those with additional disabilities. When people purchase Clovernook cups, their impact lives on. They are helping to employ people who are blind or visually impaired while supporting a cleaner earth, thus securing a brighter future. Last year, Clovernook produced more than 20 million compostable paper hot cups, which are custom printed and available in three sizes - 10 oz., 12 oz., and 16 oz.

100% compostable paper hot cups are what we offer, that and a chance to impact the future. When people purchase Clovernook cups, they are employing individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Not only are they employing individuals, but they are doing their share in making the earth a “greener” place to live. Embrace the vision of a brighter future. Clovernook’s cup campaign will reap the benefit of success by building awareness concerning our products, increasing sales and income revenue and connecting people to our mission through donations and volunteer opportunities.

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Café Femenino Foundation Improving Family Diets and Incomes

Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Marilyn Dryke marilyn@cafefemeninofoundation.org 800-791-1181 www.cafefemeninofoundation.org or www.coffeecan.org Improving Family Diets and Incomes North Oriente Peru, Peru

ost of the rural population of these regions feed mostly on rice, neglecting the consumption of product diversity that exists throughout these regions. These coffee families’ health would improve if they consumed diets incorporating vegetables. The production of ecological vegetables would reduce undernourishment problems and improve the conditions of life for the women producers, their families’, and their communities, thus creating healthier futures for these communities. The general mission of this project is to help the women understand that they can improve their family’s health and diets, but it will also help them to improve their own wellbeing, in this poor section of the population. The project will also help build solidarity and cooperation between men and women. The program will provide training in planting and growing different vegetables. These training sessions will provide space for the women to share an interchange of ideas and experiences in this process. The training program will include nutritional aspects and health values for their families. Additionally, they will learn about the process of supplying the vegetables to their local markets to improve the economies of their families and communities. Finally, the project will include the installation of small orchards for the production of the vegetables, fruits, and legumes. The seeds are selected for the different zones involved in the project with consideration of the preferences and production possibilities or adaptation to the zone. Capacity and skill training will be the priority and the replicateability of the project will be considered in development and implementation. The beneficiaries of this grant are 600 women coffee producers located in rural communities in Northern Peru throughout the departments of Cajamaraca, Lambayeque, San Martin, and Amazones. They are members of about 40 community coffee organizations that are members of six different regional coffee associations throughout these areas. The number of families that will benefit will be about 450 with a total population effected of about 3000 people. They are all coffee producers and members of coffee communities. They are all small producers usually with farms that are approximately two acres. For this grant request the women coffee producers are asking for grant funds of $1500.00 The training will be provided through a local NGO that has been working with these small producers. © copyright CoffeeTalk magazine 2008

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Heavenly Hawaiian Farms International Coffee Ministry Contact Name – Web Site – Project Name – Project Location –

David Bateman www.heavenlyhawaiian.com International Coffee Ministry Kailua-KonaUSA

he purpose of the non-profit International

in South America, Central America, Africa and Southeast

Coffee

Asia.

Ministry

raise

funds

for

international missions through Youth with

We intend to contribute a large percentage of net

profits to this ministry.

a Mission (YWAM). Loren and Darlene Cunningham

are the founders of this Christian non-denominational

purchase/acquire high quality coffees from world origins

missionary movement.

YWAM will celebrate its 50th

at substantial discounts and resell the coffee at fair market

anniversary in 2010. It has 1,900 missions in over 200

value into worldwide markets. The profits generated will be

countries. 20,000 unpaid volunteers staff the bases. Many

distributed as follows: 1. Youth with a Mission (YWAM) to

more contribute part time to spiritual ministering, mercy

train missionaries and fund outreach missions 2. University

ministries and teaching. The University of the Nations,

of the Nations to train missionaries 3. Local coffee farmer/

located in Kailua-Kona HI is the teaching core for the

worker support around the world to improve the quality of

missionaries, offering a wide variety of courses to better

their lives 4. Local coffee farming community support 5.

educate and prepare missionaries around the world.

Local YWAM base support in the farming communities to

This non-profit International Coffee Ministry will

are hopeful that as this ministry grows around the world we

better assist coffee workers in their spiritual needs

will be able to contribute to local coffee farmers in the key

growing countries. Currently 5,000,000 coffee workers earn

contributions generated primarily through coffee sales,

their living from coffee. Coffee is the second largest traded

targeted cash donations for particular YWAM missions

commodity behind oil with 15 billion pounds of Arabica

around the world, qualified volunteers interested in

(75%) and Robusta (25%) produced annually. We envision

participating in the five month Discipleship Training

a tremendous and unique opportunity to evangelize and

Program offered through the U of N at bases around the

disciple worldwide within this growing industry primarily

world to train as missionaries, and prayers.

The International Coffee Ministry needs cash

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Songbird Foundation and CoffeeTalk Magazine The Foot Path Initiative

-The steps our carbon footprints make lead us on The Path to the Future Contact – E-mail Address – Web Address – Project Name –

Danny O’Keefe or Miles Small danny@songbird.org or miles@coffeetalk.com www.Songbird.org The Silent Spring Initiative

limate change is affecting all aspects of the coffee business. From agriculture to supply to transportation to processing to selling, coffee impacts the environment and the people who depend on it. Unfortunately, the growth of coffee production in the last 3 decades has often destroyed the very thing that would mitigate the accumulation of Carbon Dioxide in our atmosphere – the forests. From the Pacific Northwest and Canada to the rainforests and hardwood forests of Central and South America timberlands are being destroyed in the name of coffee. Cups, bags, farms, infrastructure, and much more are destroying the ability of the earth to absorb CO2 or provide sustainable habitat for indigenous flora and fauna. The Songbird Foundation, whose mission has always been advocating the protection of the biodiversity and sustainability of the migratory bird habitats, is now taking matters into its own hands. The Songbird Foundation and CoffeeTalk Magazine are joining forces to establish a reliable and scalable means of determining the direct and virtual carbon footprint of all phases of coffee – from crop to cup. Then establishing a carbon offset reforestation program that is transparent, auditable, and reliable. Phase 1 is the development of a comprehensive database that accurately and consistently archives the

carbon costs of every stage of production. This includes the virtual costs of clear cutting, the chemical and fertilizer carbon costs, transportation costs, machine build-out and operation carbon costs, and others. Once completed, an ‘accurate’ carbon cost can be established for every cup of coffee from any origin. Phase 2 is the establishment of the means of offsetting coffee’s carbon impact through transparent reforestation practices and procedures. Phase 3 is the establishment of standards for certification and labeling, as well as instore marketing materials and product labeling, to reward compliance and leadership in this endeavor. By spreading the costs of carbon offsetting across the industry each participant will have a substantially reduced carbon obligation. Just as ISO certification had relatively minor impact on the cost of goods, so also will the cost of carbon offset on coffee to the end user be minimal. The earth needs our help. The specialty coffee industry is uniquely positioned to become a model of environmentally sustainable business practices. The coffee industry knows the journey of coffee from seed to cup and we can readily gauge the amount of impact we have on the earth. An initiative of this size requires money. The Songbird Foundation is seeking grants and donations to support the development of the database and relationships. © copyright CoffeeTalk magazine 2008

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Café Femenino Foundation

Creation of Spaces for Women Coffee Producers in Colombia

Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Marilyn Dryke marilyn@cafefemeninofoundation.org 800-791-1181 www.coffeecan.org and www.cafefemeninofoundation.org Creation of Spaces for Women Coffee Producers in Colombia Cauca Region, Colombia

he rural sector of Colombia faces structural problems of a different order such as little access to property, low levels of credit, weak participation in the markets, little participation in political discussion. There is little or no access to health and education. The problems are reflected with the women of the rural sector, where the women contribute to the family economy; raise the children, and the administration of the limited family resources. In the dangerous regions where this project is located the problems for women coffee producers are: 1. No recognition on the part of the state or society to the historical contribution of women in the economy, or the society and culture. 2. There is economic exclusion of women. 3. The environment does not exist to allow the development of policies for the women. 4. The women face the impact of armed conflict, from the recruitment of their children for the war or the displacement because of armed conflict. 5. The haphazardous Ariel sprayings of chemical defoliants to irradicate the Coca plants, have also destroyed family gardens and food sources, coffee trees and farms which have affected the community economies.

300 women coffee producers in the region of Cauca are working to organize a program that will allow spaces for rural women, allowing them to become organized and to gain voices, and valuation for their contribution in the rural economy. This will be done through regional meetings, trainings and discussion programs for the women. They will work to build other projects and programs for the future and for the development of children. This program will ultimately create a dignity of life for women, and help them to help transform the political, economic, and cultural systems for the future. This grant request will be the beginning of this process by providing space and opportunity for these women to gather and to plan this total development process. The number of women involved in the beginning project is 300. They are members of 12 different coffee organizations in the region of Cauca, Colombia. The municipalities include Sierra, Vega, Almaguer, Sucre, Patia, Algeria, Bolivar, Balboa, and Florence. There will be 9 facilitators for this program, 4 municpal technicians, an advisor for the program, and a technical coordinator. The total funding for this project is $11,500. $6500 is being funded through the coffee organizations themselves and the grant request needed for this project is $5000 USD. All other aspects of this progam are being coordinated and administered in country. So all that is required for this program to move forward is $5000.00 in funding.

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Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade

Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Kim Kenney or Jason Potts kim.kenney@fastinternational.org 514-759-6626 www.fastinternational.org Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade Secretariat in Montreal

AST is an internationally focused, member-driven, non-profit association, representing financial institutions committed to sustainable production and the trade of sustainable goods. Its members and stakeholders include commercial lenders, socially oriented and alternative lending institutions, sustainable smallto-medium-enterprise (SME) producer-organizations, development-focused institutions, and other stakeholders in the agricultural commodities supply chain committed to promoting sustainable production and trade within their respective capacities. The ultimate objective of FAST is to improve the livelihoods of producers and workers in the developing

world by increasing access to finance for developing country SME’s. FAST aims to achieve this overall objective by improving efficiencies and returns not only for producers and lenders, but for all stakeholders along the supply chain. Anticipated benefits that will arise from joint projects, advocacy, shared strategies, and enhanced transparency impact each stakeholder in an important way. FAST is currently seeking grants and partnerships to fund its first four projects. Go to http://www.fastinternational. org/en/projects to read more about FAST projects.

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TransFair USA

Brazil Responsible Sourcing Partnership Web Address – Phone Number for TransFair USA– Contact at TransFair USA – Contact email at TransFair USA – Specific Project Name – Scope of Project –

www.FairTradeCertified.org 919.699.6744 Jennifer Bielman jbielman@transfairusa.org Brazil Responsible Sourcing Partnership Brazil - the States of Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo

he Brazil Responsible Sourcing Partnership (RSP) is the result of innovative cooperation between USAID, TransFair USA, Café Bom Dia, Sam’s Club, and WalMart. The RSP combines the resources and expertise of these diverse stakeholders to significantly increase the incomes of 4,700 smallholder Fair Trade coffee farmers in Brazil through increased quality, organizational capacity and market relationships. Over the course of three years, the program will provide both technical training and investment in farm and cooperative infrastructure in ten different cooperatives across two states with the goal of increasing coffee quality and production volumes. Project activities are expressly designed to address the major constraints in the current supply chain. By including US market players in project planning, TransFair is able to precisely identify these constraints and to work with producers to pioneer new solutions to address them. Interventions will focus on three areas of priority: to expand and improve the quality of supply, to increase producer capacity through organizational strengthening and to raise producer market capacity, all of which contribute to increased farm and family income. In the first stage of project implementation, the RSP partners have designed and implemented an Infrastructure Grant Program financed by Café Bom Dia to address gaps in producer processing equipment and standard infrastructure needed in order to produce high quality coffee. Starting in June of 2008, this program will fund infrastructure advances ranging from simple drying patios at individual producer farms to mobile dry mills that can serve entire communities. Project partners are also combining efforts to develop the first ever Fair Trade Cupping Competition in Brazil, designed to highlight coffee quality and give incentive to producers to work toward the high quality standards demanded by their international business partners. As quality focused interventions are rolled out, the producer organizations are also participating in training on cooperative management and are being introduced to best marketing techniques through international trade show

participation, direct interaction with buyers including Wal-Mart and Sam’s and training on the unique US specialty coffee market. This project will provide direct benefit to all of the Arabica-producing farmers affiliated with Fair Trade Certified organizations in Brazil, as well as the members of two Fair Trade applicants. This includes a total of twelve producer groups in the states of Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo and a population of over 4,700 farming families. Improvements generated by the project will allow these farmers to either enter into or increase their share in the lucrative Fair Trade market in the United States, resulting in elevated income levels. The Fair Trade system mandates that, on top of a minimum price to producer organizations, a premium be paid that is administered at the cooperative level in a democratic manner. While the specific use of this premium is at the discretion of the producer groups, TransFair has found that almost all choose to use this money on community projects beneficial to a large audience, not only the farmers that provided Fair Trade coffee to the market. Examples of common premium use include scholarships for children and the construction of new community schools, sports, and afterschool activities for kids and distribution of environmentally friendly inputs for use on the farm. The first Brazilian Fair Trade Cupping Competition is scheduled for October 2008. This event will occur annually. TransFair is looking for qualified international judges to participate in this project initiative, as well as potential buyers to attend and cash and in-kind prizes to support the event. The project also supports an annual Infrastructure Grant Program designed to give farmers access to the basic infrastructure improvements necessary to produce export-quality coffee. While the 2008 funds for this grant program have been covered, we are looking for sponsors of any size to help support the 2009 and 2010 program awards. © copyright CoffeeTalk magazine 2008

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NeoSoul Trading Company NeoSoul Story Time

Web Address – Phone Number for NeoSoul – Contact at NeoSoul – Contact email at NeoSoul – Specific Project Name – Scope of Project –

www.neosoultrading.com/storytime 919.699.6744 Leroy Brown lbrown@neosoultrading.com NeoSoul Story Time Durham North Carolina initially

he NeoSoul Trading Company prides itself on

and it is still our number one focus. However, for a small shop

helping people live a soulful life, one connected

that is looking for ways to better serve its patrons, this has

to purpose. The connection between coffee

been a great cost-free benefit for them as well.

and community is obvious. Coffee houses are nestled in

We are planning a major back to school reading to

neighborhoods in every city. Parents, grandparents, aunts,

benefit the children of a local elementary school where a

uncles etc. visit their favorite shop daily. Therefore, it made

large portion of the children are homeless. Clothes, cash

sense to utilize these locations in the Durham community

donations, school supplies, and volunteers are welcomed.

as venues to conduct interactive reading sessions to help teach life lessons to elementary age children such as giving, sharing, and self-esteem. NeoSoul Story Time is conducted throughout the city of Durham as an effort to revitalize the community by revitalizing the thinking of its future leader, the children. We have partnered with Waldenbooks, a centrally located mall and various coffee houses as well as Durham native and 9 year NFL veteran, Alvis Whitted to conduct the sessions. Mr. Whitted reads books on the forementioned topics written at the 6-10 age level and gives each child a book after the session. Moving forward we will look to add children’s books written on the topic of environmental responsibility.

The children benefit from the project because our reader,

Mr. Whitted, does an awesome job reaching them. They are fully engaged during the readings and love receiving an autographed book afterwards. The project has also strengthened the relationship between the community and the venues. After our first reading in the mall, parents wrote and called mall officials to say how much they appreciated the event. Our local coffee houses view it as a value added service they can provide to their customers and neighborhood. The original intent was to stimulate the minds of the children © copyright CoffeeTalk magazine 2008

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Fres-co System USA, Inc. PLA Coffee Laminate

Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

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Global Business Brigades at UCLA Sustainable Coffee Co-op in Honduras Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Michelle Menclewicz menclewi@ula.edu, uclagbb@gmail.com 949-290-0986 www.gbbatucla.org Sustainable Coffee Co-op in Honduras Quebrada Grande, Honduras

BB’s mission is to create a sustainable coffee cooperative that seeks economic, social, and environmental improvement and empowerment to the Quebrada Grande community. To do this, the organization focuses on a variety of solutions that help farmers transition to more sustainable coffee-growing techniques, increasing selling power and market stability. The project’s greatest strength is the dynamic exchanges between students, farmers, and business professionals, gaining insight from the bottom-up. The GBB team at UCLA is currently providing the community of Quebrada Grande with workshops and collective assets in their quest for fair and sustainable livelihoods. Our first priority is to create a formalized coffee cooperative because not only was it the primary desire stated by the farmers when GBB first entered the scene, but it is the first and most important tool needed for the successful development of the community. Recently, Quebrada Grande’s cooperative was legalized by The Coffee Institute of Honduras (IHCAFE) and is now directly associated with one of the biggest coffee organizations in the country, The Association of Honduran Coffee Producers (AHPROCAFE). Before the first and second visit to Quebrada Grande GBB created day-long workshops. The first seminars had 45+ farmers in attendance, and spanned such imperative business topics as Leadership, Cooperative Building, and Accounting in a culturally sensitive capacity. Accounting charts and worksheets for the group were created with symbols instead of text, specifically for the use of the largely illiterate Quebrada Grande population. Furthermore, to increase the profitability for the co-op’s coffee beans GBB has sponsored the construction of a Coffee

Bodega or Storage House. The enhanced storage of its produce in bodegas protects the harvest, giving farmers access to a larger market for their higher-quality goods. Funding from a Florida-based nonprofit has already gotten this project on its way, but more help is needed to continue development. We hope to build another bodega in the community within the next year to ensure inclusion of the cooperative’s total production. The next step for increased selling power for community coffee beans is to develop coffee dryers and zarandas. With the help of IHCAFE, we have an exceptional solar-powered design for Quebrada Grande that is best suited to its elevation and moisture levels. This innovation bypasses the obstacle of cost-prohibitive access to electricity, creating a sustainable and environmentally friendly solution that allows farmers greater profits from their harvest. We hope to have six zarandas ready in time for next year’s harvest. Currently the farmers use a variety of inefficient depulpers that are not only labor inefficient but also reduce the quality of the coffee. We have established a strong and trusting relationship with the farmers. They understand that it is not enough to improve the economic wellbeing and quality of their coffee if the improvement is not manifested within themselves and their living conditions. Thus together we strive for holistic development and hope that we can work together to help this community and our team to grow, learn, and flourish. Global Business Brigades at UCLA is seeking cash donations to invest in improved machinery - bodega, solar drying beds, depulper, truck, etc. Corporate or organization sponsorship is also welcomed to help bring in government support to aid in paved road and electricity to the community. © copyright CoffeeTalk magazine 2008

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Rainforest Alliance

Biodiversity Conservation in Coffee: Transforming Productive Practices in the Coffee Sector by Increasing Market Demand for Certified Sustainable Coffee Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Gretchen Ruethling (media outreach) or Leif Pedersen (project manager) gruethling@ra.org (media) or lpedersen@ra.org (project) 212-677-1900 www.rainforest-alliance.org Biodiversity Conservation in Coffee: Transforming Productive Practices in the Coffee Sector by Increasing Market Demand for Certified Sustainable Coffee El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Peru and Brazil

ecause of coffee’s global economic importance and its potential as a conservation tool, the Rainforest Alliance is leading a seven-year project that aims to increase both production of and demand for coffee that comes from certified sustainable farms. The Rainforest Alliance is a third-party certification organization that in collaboration with its partners in the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), a coalition of nine conservation organizations based in Latin America, audits farms annually to guarantee their compliance with rigorous standards for environmental protection, social responsibility and efficient management. Rainforest Alliance Certified farms are the next best thing to forestland as they ensure that wildlife habitat, waterways and soil are protected; agrochemical use is reduced; and workers, their families and communities are treated well. Project funding from the United Nations Development Programme - Global Environment Facility will allow the Rainforest Alliance to apply its sustainable management approach on a much larger scale than ever before, beginning in six Latin American countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Peru and Brazil. By the project’s end, the Rainforest Alliance aims to have certified 10 percent of the world’s coffee, up from about one percent today. To

increase demand for certified coffee, the Rainforest Alliance is undertaking marketing efforts in collaboration with coffee companies all along the supply chain, encouraging them to buy certified coffee and helping them to promote it using the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal. Additionally, the Rainforest Alliance will work with governments, trade agencies and coffee associations in both producing and consuming countries to further the production of sustainable coffee. On the ground, the Rainforest Alliance is providing Latin American farmers with the information and tools necessary to improve their management practices and make them more responsible with regard to the environment, workers and communities. Certification enables farmers to maintain productivity over the long-term and to sell their coffee in a global market that is increasingly concerned with responsible and ethical production. Certified farms are havens for wildlife that often have large swathes of forestland set aside and provide biological corridors to link protected forests. Consumers should seek out Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee at their supermarket or local coffee shops to know that their purchase is helping to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods in coffee growing regions. © copyright CoffeeTalk magazine 2008

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Café Femenino Foundation Small Animal Breeding Program

Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Marilyn Dryke marilyn@cafefemeninofoundation.org 800-791-1181 www.coffeecan.org Small Animal Breeding Program Lambayeque, Peru

alnutrition is a problem of extreme importance, especially in Lambayeque, one of the poorest regions of Peru. Inadequate diets with deficiencies of iodine, iron, and nutrients, in addition to recurrent disease, are of great concern, especially in the children. Without a solution to these problems, the hope of surpassing the greater obstacle of breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty is not possible. Many families of the region of Lambayeque live on a diet of rice, neglecting the local product diversity that they have in the region. Nutritional resources with high potential are legumes, smaller grain, vegetables and animals, mainly “cuyes” (Guinea Pig) that supply a great part of the protein in the family diet. The cuyes are easy to raise. Through the improvement of family farming of cuyes, the women coffee producers of the Aspape organization in Lambayeque try to reduce under-nourishment and to improve conditions, feeding their children and their families better. The breeding program provides these farmers with the possibility of generating additional income and acquiring other products produced in their region. The general mission of this project is to improve the system of feeding the children. Additionally it helps the women producers to gain recognition for the social and economic development of their family and their community.

Most of the women located in this project are Quechua Indian. They are all members of the Aspape coffee producer’s organization and members of the Cecanor Cooperative located in the North Oriente region of Peru. The goal of this project is to have 100 women that will participate in the small animal breeding program. This program will allow 100 families with 150 small children to be able to incorporate the cuyes into their diets. That will provide the protein and other nutrients they need to improve the problem of malnutrition. This project will also assist these women and their families to increase their incomes. The project will cover a period of six months with the training to be provided by CICAP a Non-governmental organization based in Chiclayo, Peru. For this project the Café Femenino Foundation has a grant request of $1500. The donation would need to be in cash for the implementation of this project. The total amount needed for the project is $1900 with the organizations themselves committing $400 of their own funds. The balance of $1500.00 is needed to implement this project. The Café Femenino Foundation also has requests from three other base coffee organizations for this same project grant request and for the same amount of funds. Details of these other grant applications are also available upon request.

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Reserva Natural Privada, Finca Bohemia Environmental Library for Children Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Lorena Calvo lcalvo@intelnett.com 502-53099296 portal.anacafe.org/fca_bohemia Environmental Library for Children El Palmar, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

he Environmental library for children is a library that contains more than 2000 children books and encyclopedias. It is open to all children who live in the area of Palajunoj, El Palmer Quetzaltenango. The library is located at the Bohemia Farm, private Reserve and has been offering this service since 2005. The main activities of the library run by Mildred Pelico, a young

teacher paid by the Bohemia Farm are to accomplish the main objectives of the library: “To encourage the interest of children in the reading habit. To help children on their homework and serve as a consulting place to help them understand topics that are not clear from their classes. To provide a learning place through different non-formal education ( games, dynamics, a story telling) about ecology, natural history and conservation of natural resources” The Bohemia farm is located in front of the San Marcos Village that has a school with more than 1500 children attending. It is also located ten kilometers from Loma Linda and Projecto San Jose , Villages that have about 600 continued...

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-700 children each at their schools. Our target is those children that live near the farm . Our visitation reports to the library show an average of 350 children per month so the beneficiaries of this project are the children who live at these three villages. Those villages are also where all the workers live who work at the coffee farms, so a well educated young population will be reflected through their caring about the sustainable use of natural resources and their respect for nature in the future. The Environmental Library for Children is seeking donations of children books in spanish on ecology, natural resources, etc. Also, binoculars, microscopes, table games ( educational), 1-2 computers, 1 printer, crayola color pencils, and coloring books with animals or nature scenes.

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Child Aid

FUNDIT, (Fundación para Desarrollo Integral de El Tejar)

Contact Name – Web Site – Project Name – Project Location –

Bob Vesely www.child-aid.org FUNDIT, (Fundación para Desarrollo Integral de El Tejar) El Tejar, Guatemala

UNDIT (The Foundation for the Integral Development of El Tejar/Fundación para Desarrollo Integral de El Tejar) is an integrated community program for the children of the poor in the town of El Tejar, Guatemala. FUNDIT focuses on giving the Children of El Tejar the opportunity and resources to have a chance at an education. Historically these children of the Kaqchikel Maya ethnic group have received little if any education. Instead, they have been relegated from childhood to a life of hard menial labor, making tiles by hand, working in vegetable packing factories or toiling in the fields. FUNDIT has changed this bleak future. Through education, it is allowing the children to build a better life for themselves and their community. It is a vibrant and growing community run program that is truly changing lives! FUNDIT’s Community Programs Include: Centro de Desarrollo Infantile/The Center for Infant Development (CEDIN) : In El Tejar, many mothers are faced with the difficult decision of leaving their very young children home alone during the day or in the supervision of an older sibling because they must work outside the home. Many of these children are malnourished and suffer from various chronic illnesses. To address this problem, FUNDIT’s CEDIN preschool provides a Montessoristyle education, music classes, daycare services and nutritious meals to more than 100 toddlers annually. Nancy Rittmaster de España Biblioteca Municipal de El Tejar/ Public Library of El Tejar: Serving more than 25,000 visitors in El Tejar and surrounding villages, the El Tejar

Public Library enables those without access to books to enjoy the magic of reading. Programa Becas/Scholarship Program: In Guatemala, where children attend only three years of school on average, having an education is the key to moving out of poverty. To this end, FUNDIT’s scholarship program enables more than 100 students annually to attend grade school rather than work. Each FUNDIT scholarship finances school registration fees, uniforms, school supplies, shoes and textbooks, and when necessary, transportation costs and health care for a year. The primary beneficiaries of the program are the children of El Tejar. On average children in Guatemala complete only 3 years of schooling and in indigenous areas often only 1 1/2 years. In marked contrast, the children from poor families who attend FUNDIT’s montessori type preschool go on to become some of the top students in the public schools. Almost all will complete 6 grades of school and many will go on to graduate from high school and even attend university. In additon, the town library makes textbooks, literature and research materials available to all the children of El Tejar. Most of these children would have no access to any books, even textbooks, if the library did not exist. Funds to pay the salaries of teachers and librarians is the greatest need as well as special montessori learning materials for the preschool and furnishings for the new lare meeting/ classroom area that was recently constructed by volunteers. Also needed are musical instruments for the new music program. © copyright CoffeeTalk magazine 2008

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Asociacion de Mujeres de Desarrollo Integral Micro Loans to support the development of agricultural and handicrafts business for the women members of Ikk-Luna Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Mercedes Damian Coche cafepoc@itelgua.com or ikk-luna@hotmail.com 011 – 502- 77217667 none Micro Loans to support the development of agricultural and handicrafts business for the women members of Ikk-Luna Santiago Atlitan, Solola, Guatemala

his project benefits single mother families from

Off season, the women produce beads handicrafts that

the native town of Tzuttujil that are part of

are sold in the local markets.

the Ikk-Luna Association. The majority of the

In addition, the Association offers training sessions

members are widows from

the military conflict in

administration and Agro-

Guatemala.

business techniques with

The

need

business

main

a focus in sustainability

increase

standards so they have better

project’s is

Small

opportunities and access to

facilitate the process to

market and get a fair price

the members. The micro-

for their products.

loan is a financial tool for

For the 2007-2008 harvest

the member to invest and

season, the co-op produced

increase production. The

1 container of coffee –

Association has between

Produced by Women under

80-100 members. On the

the I’X KAPEH certification

agricultural

coffee

– a registered mark, in the

is the main product they

native dialect Kanjobal, I’X

harvest to market. During

KAPEH means women and

the

coffee.

micro-loan

capital

side,

Coffee

season,

harvesting

the

women

How can readers help?

dedicated their entire time

Readers

can

help

to collecting the crops.

donating directly to the

Some members have their

Association or facilitating

own farms (1 acre if so) and

small micro loans to the

work in the field.

Association. Also, facilitate any pro-bono training. © copyright CoffeeTalk magazine 2008

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Coffeelands Landmine Victims’ Trust Sembrando Esperanza (Sowing Hope)

Web Address – Phone Number for CLVT– Contact at CLVT – Contact email at CLVT – Specific Project Name – Scope of Project –

www.coffeelandstrust.org 617.591.1276 Maggie Emery memery@poluscenter.org Sembrando Esperanza (Sowing Hope) Manizales, Colombia

olombia has developed rehabilitation services

This could include access to rehabilitation services, such as a

for landmine victims; however, these urban-

prosthetic, hearing aid or psychological assistance, or access

based centers may not be accessible to those in

to socio-economic services, such as a micro grant for new

greatest need. Further, because of the nature of the internal

farm equipment or help accessing alternative employment.

conflict, gaps in literacy between urban and rural areas, and

Coffee is the lifeblood for many Colombian communities.

relative poverty of agricultural workers, those most likely

Sembrando Esperanza works with the Colombian Coffee

to be affected by landmines are the least likely to know

Federation and other private coffee companies to create a

about the available rehabilitation services, be capable of

variety of employment opportunities for landmine victims

navigating the red tape, and have the means to travel into

at all levels within the industry, including roasting, cupping,

the city on their own. The purpose of Sembrando Esperanza

administration, sales and marketing. Engaging the coffee

is to coordinate services for landmine victims, particularly

industry is particularly promising because it represents one

in rural and remote areas, in

of the most vital sources of

a way that empowers them

potential employment, and

to take the lead in their own

will ensure a sustainable

development.

future for landmine victims.

Sembrando

Esperanza connects landmine

victims to rehabilitation and

of this project are landmine

socio-economic

victims

services.

The primary beneficiaries from

the

coffee

Out of an office within the

communities in Manizales.

Manizales Colombian Coffee

The Coffeelands Landmine

Federation Compound, an

Victims’ Trust is seeking cash

outreach

donations,

worker,

Oswaldo

Andica who is himself a landmine victim, visits victims and together they come up with an individualized service plan.

Jose Uriel Buneo Largo, a landmine victim and coffee farmer, will receive a micro loan from the Sembrando Esperanza Project (Sowing Hope) in Colombia. The Coffeelands Landmine Victims’ Trust and the Colombian Coffee Federation in Manizales partnered to make this project possible.

publicity,

and

interns to work out of the Somerville, MA office.

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CareCup International CareCup International Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Paul Kurtz kurtzpaul@hotmail.com 937-834-3007 www.carecupinternational.com CareCup International Matagalpa, Nicaragua

n the farm of Diego Chavarria grows wonderfully

The people in this community are day laborers on farms

intense unique coffee. But by selling to local

and because the farmers do not have money to improve

buyers based on the NYBOT this farmer and

the plantations, they do not have steady work. CareCup

many more in this community cannot cover production costs

International, a non-profit organization, has brought relief

let alone pay down debt. This has brought severe poverty

aid,(i.e. clothes) and has improved living conditions by

and desperation among the residents of his community.

replacing roofs on homes (30 homes) and pouring concrete

CareCup is exporting green coffee out of this community

floors where there was only dirt floors (25 homes). Care

(83 cupping score) and has paid fair prices which enable

Cup has also provided the funding to build a wash house to

this farmer to pay all costs, inprove his plantation, and pay

keep women out of the creeks and provide fresh water to the

down bank loans. This coffee is availible for other roasters

community. In addition we are building a well-ventilated

through Kevin Kuyers, Theta Ridge Coffee, South Bend,

kitchen for cooking to improve the work conditions of

IN.

those who prepare meals (300-400 daily). Again, CareCup’s

The

below

projects are

listed

longterm goal will be

direct

served

purchasing

response to the current

containers of coffee at

crisis.

the

fair prices allowing the

ultimate long-term goal

farmers to determine and

of CareCup is to help lift

guide their future. When

this community out of

a farmer is sustainable,

severe poverty by enabling

the

this

prospers.

However

particular

farmer

whole

community

and others like him to be

profitable.

Business-to-

looking for specialty coffee

business transactions are

roasters to purchase Cafe

the best way to address the

Diego green Nicaragua

CoffeeCup

long-term issues over hand outs.

SHG from Theta Ridge Coffee. Also, cash donations - all

donations will go into community projects; schools, kitchen

The immediate projects are related to assisting the

families (several hundred) in this community to survive.

facilities, etc. © copyright CoffeeTalk magazine 2008

www.thetaridgecoffee.com

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Libras de Amor/FUSAL Pounds of Love / Libras de Amor

Contact Name – Web Site – Project Name – Project Location –

Doris Macias http://www.sahf.org/librasdeamor/ Pounds of Love / Libras de Amor Santa Ana & ApanecaEl Salvador

ibras de Amor is an integral health and nutritional

nutritionist, 1 nurse, 4 health promoters, and 20 voluntary

program developed by FUSAL, contributing to the

nutritional counselors. Each team has the capacity to assist

eradication of extreme poverty and malnutrition

1,200 families. The Technical Health Team resides in the

in El Salvador. Its focus is to significantly reduce the rate

community they serve and visit the different families they

of malnutrition in children under the age of 5, as well as in expectant and lactating mothers, living in El Salvador’s rural

In addition to the integral nutritional services that “Libras de Amor” provides, the program also has a second

areas.

support every two weeks to monitor their progress.

component that allows members

Libras de Amor provides

beneficiaries the opportunity

of the participating families to

to have a healthy family. This

generate income as a parallel

is achieved through 4 basic

strategy to diminish child

components:

malnutrition and encourages

1. Integral Health

the reduction of poverty in El Salvador.

Services

Since 2004 Libras de

2. Nutritional

Amor has been operational

Consultations

in three different rural areas

3. Food Staples

of El Salvador (Santa Ana,

4. Health Promotion

San Julian, Ataco, Apaneca,

Guaymango) with coverage of

All health and nutritional

services

are

provided

Technical Health Team to meet the needs of each specific geographic area. A typical team consists of: 1 doctor, 1

more than 33,000 beneficiaries. Pounds of Love/ Libras de Amor is seeking cash donations and supplies to continue their work.

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Assagay Coffee cc Trading as Zulu Brew Zulu Brew Coffee Project Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Warren James assagay@ionet.co.za 27 317821268 None Zulu Brew Coffee Project Kwa Ximba, South Africa

Zulu

Brew Coffee Project

establishing a 150ha (375acres) coffee in

the

organic plantation rural

area

of Kwa Zulu Natal, known as the valley of a Thousand Hills. Negotiations with the traditional leaders in the area have resulted in a 150ha of land being set aside for coffee cultivation. A wet mill will be set up on the main farm to accommodate processing of the coffee of the surrounding co-ops and small-scale growers. Assagay Coffee is a small coffee estate with 17 years coffee farming experience in the area. We have established an interest in the US market and recognize the need to share this opportunity with our neighbours.

There is between 60-70% unemployment in the Kwa

Ximba Tribal Area, with a majority of the work force being coming of age orphans (18-22 years old). In South Africa, about 10 people rely on one family member’s salary, so this project will employ 70 permanent people and 200 seasonal pickers. Therefore, this project will, in effect, support approximately 2700 people. With anticipated increases from surrounding co-ops and small-scale growers as the project progresses.

Financial assistance is really needed to drive this project

to fruition.

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More Than Fair

More Than Fair quality and sustainable coffees Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location –

Ron Cortez info@morethanfair.org 1-800-992-6782 www.morethanfair.org More Than Fair quality and sustainable coffees Chandler, USA

ore Than Fair is a coalition of Coffee

Growers, Coffee Roasters, and Coffee

Growers that are inclined to implement sustainable and

Retailers that are committed not only to

eco-friendly practices and want to sell there products to

fair trade and sustainable practices but also have chosen

customers in the United States. Also, coffee roasters

to adhere themselves to quality practices. It all started

that want to buy directly from farms in distant lands and

The benefits to our program will be enjoyed by Coffee

with the question; If we are able to

want the opportunity to question the

bring you coffee directly from our

quality before it gets to a centralized

farms, roast it and bring it directly

warehouse. The benefits of this program

to your home; Isn’t it more than fair

will touch coffee resellers that want a

that you buy from us?

More Than

very interactive marketing program in

Fair brings total transparency to our

order to supply their customers with a

industry with environmentally and

credible product. Above all, if a product

socio-economic practices, putting the

is better it will taste amazing and this

monitoring function on you the end

will benefit the consumer directly.

user. Any consumer can access any

of the participant growers, roasters,

We want farmers from all over the

retailers by a phone call or an e-mail

world to join us. We also want roasters

and question there practices. We think

that are willing to go the extra mile,

that by speaking the same language as

coffee professionals willing to place a

our customers, we do not need a third

call to the farmer directly and not a

party to tell you who we are or what

broker. Finally we need retailers that

it is that we do in order to better our

want to use the label because they

farms and our workers. Just give us a

believe that the product is better and

call.

more authentic.

We want to find more participants.

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Grupo Kallpasapa Ltda (Café San Alberto) San Alberto, the coffee of the Quintuplet Selection Process Contact Person – E-mail Address – Phone Number – Web Address – Project Name – Project Location -

Juan Pablo Villota L jpvillota@cafesanalberto.com 57 1 6379343 57 3102126537 www.cafesanalberto.com San Alberto, the coffee of the Quintuplet Selection Process Buenavista, Quindio - Colombia

fter 35 years of traditionally producing green coffee, San Alberto estate is undertaking its most ambitious project. The third generation of the family has decided to build on their grandparents’ legacy and on their parents’ love for the region, by going beyond the traditional product and processes, to offer a unique coffee. Inspired in the great wines of France two brothers designed the Quintuplet Selection Process, raising the standards of quality and creating a new identity for their Coffee. In addition, generating jobs to the more vulnerable members of the community, helping to preserve the small town of Buenavista (a town of 3,000 habitants), as the safest and calmest town of Colombia, as it was recognized by Colombia’s main journal. The transformation began by aiming to gain the UTZ certification, which not only guaranteed good employment conditions, but also demanded serious commitments to respect and protect the environment. These efforts were of the most importance to the community considering the amount of people working in the estate and that the town’s water treatment plant is located within the property. The next step was to implement San Alberto’s Coffee trademark selection process that consists of five strict stages to guarantee the best of flavors and great homogeneity: 1- Berries are collected from the plant at their peak of ripeness. 2- Manual selection discards cherries that do not fulfill our quality requirements for defectiveness or point of ripeness. 3- Strict manual selection of the “almonds” so only the best continue to the dryness process. 4- Selection of the green beans according to their size, those passing mesh 16 are used.

5- Selection of the best lot in the plantation through cupping tests on each harvest. The chosen lot is then used for San Alberto roasted coffee. Today the project advances, the labor-intensive selection process gives jobs to single mothers, who perform the most delicate tasks. San Alberto has begun to gain recognition and the quality of the coffee continues to improve. The goal is to continue growing, expanding jobs opportunities, and helping the economy of the town. Buenavista (Great View)that includes the San Alberto estate is located on the slopes of the central Andean mountain range. A town of 3000, with an economy fully dependent on the coffee crop; Buenavista is the community which will benefit the most with the success of this project. Regular workers of the town have found a place were working conditions are above average, security and sanitary conditions comply with the norms. Single mothers, vulnerable members of the community, have found a suitable job thanks to the new tasks demanded by the Quintuplet Selection process. Furthermore, future growth and recognition of the brand should help to enlarge the workforce, and to bring visitors to the town, tourists who visit the department of Quindio (second tourist destination of the country) who have not felt attracted to visit Buenavista will have an extra motivation to climb 1500m., and drink a cup of freshly brewed coffee in an extraordinary setting. San Alberto plans to open a Coffee Bar to offer a complete experience to the senses, taste, view, aroma, and sight.

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The Afterschool Alliance The Afterschool Alliance Contact Name – Web Site – Project Name – Project Location –

Ryan Manley www.afterschoolalliance.org The Afterschool Alliance South San Francisco, USA

he Afterschool Alliance is a nonprofit public

5. About 13 percent of children and adolescents are now seriously overweight.

awareness and advocacy organization supported by a group of public, private and nonprofit

Afterschool

programs

can

provide

substantial

institutions dedicated to ensuring that all children and

amounts of health-enhancing physical activity and

youth have access to afterschool programs by the year

opportunities to practice skills taught in physical

2010. The Alliance is proud to count among its founding

education courses.

partners the C.S. Mott Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, the Entertainment Industry Foundation,

the Creative Artists Agency Foundation and the Open

afterschool programs is to tell others about why your

Society Institute/The After-School Corporation.

community needs these programs. Public support and

concern can turn afterschool into a priority for community

Learn the Facts From education experts and law

enforcement officers to parents and

grandparents,

One of the easiest things you can do to support

leaders and policymakers. Nearly everyone has a stake in

Americans agree that afterschool programs make sense.

afterschool programs:

Afterschool programs keep kids safe, help working families

Teachers and other parents will want to know that

and improve academic achievement.

afterschool programs keep kids safe, improve academic

achievement, increase school attendance and support

More than 28 million children today have parents

young people’s positive and healthy development.

who work outside the home. 1. As many as 15 million kids have no place to go once

Law enforcement and your neighborhood watch will want to know that afterschool reduces juvenile

the school day ends.

crime.

2. Studies show that students involved in afterschool programs get better grades, attend school more and

Your co-workers and employer will want to know

have improved behavior. They also express greater

that afterschool programs can alleviate child care and

hopes for the future and more interest in school.

safety worries of working parents.

3. Teens who participate in afterschool are less likely to skip class, use marijuana and other drugs, smoke,

drink alcohol or engage in sexual activity.

afterschool in your community. You might also find that

4. Two-thirds of Americans say that it is difficult to find programs in their communities and that not enough

Your discussions may spur healthy debate on

you learn a lot about the after school needs and resources in your community.

programs are available.

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Women in Coffee (WIC) International WIC Chapter Development: Nicaragua, Guatemala and Peru Contact Name – Web Site – Project Name – Project Location –

Judith Sutphen www.womenincoffee.org International WIC Chapter Development: Nicaragua, Guatemala and Peru Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru

omen in Coffee is a non-profit 501(c)(3)

oversight and support for the successful implementation

organization that networks women around

of the Project (both the Chapter development and the

the world in the coffee trade while providing

trainings), and the integration of the newly formed WIC

training and other programming to improve women’s

Chapters into our international scope of activities.

economic status in coffee growing communities.

The

The intended direct beneficiaries of this project

mission of Women in Coffee (WIC) is to empower women in

are women in coffee producing countries, in this case,

the international coffee community to achieve meaningful

Guatemala, Nicaragua and Peru.

and sustainable lives and to encourage and recognize the

producing countries such as these, whether small landholder

participation of women in all aspects of the coffee industry.

cooperative members or estate owners, are still faced with

The goal of Women in Coffee is to develop a strong and

traditional prejudice that prohibits them from gaining power

visible network of women in the coffee industry who can

in their communities and the business world, even though

share their experience, resources and contacts with others

these women are often the backbone of coffee production.

through WIC chapters in producing and consuming

countries around the world.

is now recognized as one of the most effective strategies

Women in coffee

Improving the economic and social status of women

Chapter

for addressing poverty globally. Former United Nations

Development: Nicaragua, Guatemala and Peru” has two key

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has stated, “There is no

components. First, the Project will help women in these

effective development strategy in which women do not

three countries fund startup infrastructure costs to create

play a central role.”

WIC chapters which will deliver training programs and

provide an ongoing local support network. These chapters

in particular children, who gain access to new resources

will target a constituency of women working in the coffee

through the projects implemented by the National Women

industry in small producing co-ops as well as on estates and

in Coffee Chapters. To date, WIC’s chapters in Costa

in export and production mills. Once these WIC Chapters

Rica and El Salvador have conducted trainings in coffee

are organized, the second step of the Project is for them

quality and processing techniques, and leadership and

to implement a series of training programs and educational

empowerment.

events to aid women in three key areas: business capacity

and financial literacy, empowerment and self-determination,

volunteer trainers, resource and educational materials in

and leadership development.

Spanish, also frequent-flier miles.

This

Project,

“International

WIC

Women in Coffee provides

Indirect beneficiaries are other community members,

Women in Coffee is seeking financial contributions,

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Aldea Global

Economic Opportunities for Rural Women in Northern Nicaragua Web Address – Phone Number – Contact – Contact email– Specific Project Name – Scope of Project –

www.aglobal.org.ni 011 (505) 782-2237 Warren E. Armstrong warren@aglobal.org.ni Economic Opportunities for Rural Women in Northern Nicaragua Nicaragua

ldea Global is a small farmer association with

them opportunities such as farming corn and beans for

over 1,200 members in Northern Nicaragua.

family consumption/sales or raising a cow or two for milk

Recently, Aldea Global conducted a gender

& cheese production.

focus study to create an institutional policy to promote

3) Farming tools for women: simple tools such as a machete,

economic development through a family focus. Thus, all

manual sprayers, hoe, rubber boots, etc. to facilitate their

economic initiatives should include not only the farmer,

farming tasks.

typically 80% of who are men, but the entire family.

4) Practical promotional material emphasizing a family

Aldea Global’s vision and mission statements focus

gender focus to increase economic opportunities such

on providing sales/marketing as well as poverty lending

as backpacks, rain gear, etc. with such promotional

services to its members. To increase these services to more

messages.

women, this project looks for support to:

5) Mobile rural medical health clinics specifically for women health issues.

1) Legalize property for woman. All credit requires some

Aldea Global in the past has linked up with a local non-

sort of collateral. Most land titles are in the name of

profit medical organization to take four doctors and a mobile

the husband, thus limiting his spouse’s access to a loan

pharmacy to rural coffee communities to provide medical

guarantee. Support to this project, would provide the legal fees necessary to allow these

attention specifically to women--including cancer detection.

women to place part of the farm in their name, thus gaining collateral

submit

Aldea Global feels these are all

for

viable opportunities to strengthen

micro-loans for non-coffee

its

related economic activities

strategy. In addition, Aldea Global

such as raising farm animals,

has over seven years experience

selling baked goods, etc.

new

institutional

gender

in poverty lending to manage any

2) Women have expressed a very strong interest for access to low interest loans to purchase small amounts of land-- 0.5 to three acres of land to farm. This land gives

potential loans for women. Our goal would be to raise $6,000 USD for any of the above initiatives to make a significant impact-except option #2, which would require access to loan funds.